Clinical trials: Executive Function
ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa
Cognitive Evaluation of Patients With Eating Disorders
The goal of this cross - sectional observational study is to improve understanding of the psychological and cognitive characteristics of Feeding and Eating Disorders (FEDs), a group of conditions that represent a growing public…
- Conditions
- ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Cognitive Flexibility
- Trial name
- DNA_ARFID (NCT07478510)
- Testing
- Go/No-go, IAT, WCST
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity
MOVI-OLE! [Open Learning Environments]
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of MOVI-OLE! (Open Learning Environment), a school-based intervention designed to reduce sedentary time and enhance multiple aspects of child development, including cognitive function…
- Conditions
- Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, Cognitive Function, Mental Health
- Trial name
- MOVI-OLE! (NCT07103343)
- Testing
- MOVI-OLE intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Executive Function, School Readiness
Playful Physical Activity Program and Executive Function in Preschool Children
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effects of an 8-week cognitively enriched playful physical activity program on executive functions and school readiness in preschool children.
- Trial name
- NCT07488286
- Testing
- Playful Physical Activities, Standard Physical Education Group
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monira Aldhahi
Child Development, Motor Skills
Motor-Focused Exercise and Brain Development in Preschool Children
This study will test whether a structured motor-focused exercise program can improve both brain function and gross motor skills in preschool children.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Motor Skills, Neurodevelopment, Brain Function
- Trial name
- MoBraD (NCT07307742)
- Testing
- Motor-Focused Physical Education, Ordinary Physical Education
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity
Implementation and Evaluation of a Before School Physical Activity Program in Revere, MA
This study evaluates the implementation of the BOKS program in three schools (K-8) in Revere, MA, and its effect on participating students with regard to BMI, cognitive, and quality of life outcomes.
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity, Quality of Life, Fitness
- Trial name
- NCT03805295
- Testing
- BOKS Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 188 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Executive Functions
Effectiveness of Three Executive Function Interventions on Direct and Far Transfer in Chilean School Children
Executive functions (EF) are a set of effortful cognitive processes that allow children to control their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, update information in their memory and be mentally flexible.
- Trial name
- NCT06935656
- Testing
- Tablet-based executive function intervention, Traditional executive function intervention, Mixed executive function intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- University of Talca
Emotional Regulation, Virtual Reality
E-Emotio Project A Gamified Preventive School-based Paradigm Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Improving Emotional Regulation in Children and Adolescents.
Introduction and Significance: Preventive interventions have been shown to reduce the risk of developing anxiety and depression, making them a critical focus area in mental health promotion for children and adolescents.
- Conditions
- Emotional Regulation, Virtual Reality, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- e-Emotio (NCT06236919)
- Testing
- VR cognitive training, VR nature exposure relaxation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Executive Function Deficits (EFD), Developmental Coordination Disorder
Let's CO-OPerate! Together we Are Stronger
The goal of this replicated single case experimental study using a randomized multiple baseline design across participants and goals is to enable children/adolescents (aged 8-16 years) with developmental coordination disorders…
- Conditions
- Executive Function Deficits (EFD), Developmental Coordination Disorder, Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke), Brain Injury, Fetus and Neonate
- Trial name
- NCT07085403
- Testing
- Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) is a cognitive problem-solving approach
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Hopitaux de Saint-Maurice
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Executive Function Disorder
Neurofeedback-Based Digital Therapeutics for the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD in Children.
A multi-center, randomized controlled trial is being conducted to investigate the efficacy of a novel digital therapeutics (DTx) program that utilizes a cross-training approach between neurofeedback training and executive…
- Trial name
- ADHD (NCT06369714)
- Testing
- Concerta, Digital therapeutics
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- Lei Lei, MD
Physical Activity, Executive Function (Cognition)
"11 For Health" in Türkiye; Effect on Physical Performance and Executive Function in 10-11-Year-Olds
The goal of this study was to evaluate whether the school-based "11 for Health" program could improve physical performance and executive function among 10-11-year-old Turkish schoolchildren.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Executive Function (Cognition), Physical Performance
- Trial name
- NCT06939881
- Testing
- "11 for Health" training group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Namik Kemal University
Cognitive Intervention to Promote Healthy Development of Executive Function (EF) Skills in Young Children
Parent-Child EF Intervention
Koronis Biomedical Technologies Corporation (KBT) is developing a cognitive intervention to promote healthy development of Executive Function (EF) skills in young children by leveraging a smartphone-based training regime designed…
- Trial name
- NCT06924307
- Testing
- Executive Function Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Koronis Biomedical Technologies
Executive Function
Comparison Between Plyometrics and Calisthenics on Executive Function in School Going Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of calisthenics and plyometric exercises on executive functions in school-going children.
- Trial name
- NCT06770192
- Testing
- Calisthenics, Plyometric, Control
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Executive Function, Behavioral Research
Organizational Skills Training - Tier 2 (OST-T2)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Organizational Skills Training Program - Tier 2 version (OST-T2) in a cluster randomized trial.
- Conditions
- Executive Function, Behavioral Research, Schools, Behavior Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT03443323
- Testing
- Organizational Skills Training - Tier 2 (OST-T2)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Preschool Child, Executive Function (Cognition)
Do Motor Synchrony Games Improve Self Regulation?
The goal of this study is to determine if progressively more challenging playground games (motor synchrony games) improve executive function in preschool-aged children.
- Trial name
- MSG (NCT06647693)
- Testing
- Motor Synchrony Games (MSG)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Appalachian State University
Executive Function Disorder, Obesity, Childhood
The Purpose of This Research is to Investigate the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Obese Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if aerobic exercise improves executive functioning in obese children. It will also understand the effects of aerobic exercise on executive functioning in obese children.
- Trial name
- NCT06510920
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jing Xin
Executive Functions, Postural Balance
Can Training Balance, or Enjoying Music, Improve Attention, Problem-solving and/or Behavior Control Abilities?
This randomized controlled trial will investigate the hypothesis that since balance and executive functions (EFs) require a similar neural circuit and EFs are recruited when trying to maintain balance, that training balance might…
- Trial name
- NCT05602857
- Testing
- Balance Training, Music Training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Executive Functions in Cerebral Palsy
Personalized Innovative Intervention Pathways to Promote EF in Children With CP
Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term, covering a group of disorders of movement and posture. It is now accepted that CP represents much more than a disorder of movements considering the frequent association with a broad range…
- Trial name
- NCT06288971
- Testing
- Self-adaption web-based software for the rehabilitation of EF and visuo-spatial abilities, Tele-rehabilitation of EF and specific cognitive processes underlying academic skills, Game-based tools for the rehabilitation of EF and motor planning
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Executive Function
The Effect of Cognitive Orientation Approach on Daily Occupational Performance With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The goal of this clinical trial is by using the Cognitive Orientation Approach on Daily Occupational Performance, which is also supported by the literature and applied by occupational therapists, in children diagnosed with Autism…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Executive Function, Patient Participation
- Trial name
- NCT06038435
- Testing
- Cognitive Orientation Approach, Ayres Sensory Integration Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Strength Training, Executive Function
Impact of Functional Strength Training Speeds on Executive Functions in 6-12-Year-Old Children.
The cognitive development in children involves fundamental changes in their thinking and understanding of the environment, enhancing skills such as attention, memory, and problem-solving.
- Conditions
- Strength Training, Executive Function, Child
- Trial name
- NCT06205264
- Testing
- Strength training at high and low speeds.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
Development, Child, Executive Functions
Orchestra in Class, a Novel Booster for Executive Functions and Brain Development in Young Primary School Children
How to optimally stimulate the developing brain is still unclear. Executive functions (EF) exhibited substantially stronger far transfer effects in children who learned to play a musical instrument than in children who acquired…
- Conditions
- Development, Child, Executive Functions, Interventions, Music
- Trial name
- ORBIT (NCT05912270)
- Testing
- Orchestra in Class
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva